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Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated to men only by deeds of truth.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.
I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as read more
I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views
The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
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The truth is perilous never to the true,
Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool,
And to the false, error and truth alike,
Error is worse than ignorance.
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.
Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more
I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.
By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much
you value, than to be right read more
By Hercules! I prefer to err with Plato, whom I know how much
you value, than to be right in the company of such men.
[Lat., Errare mehercule malo cum Platone, quem tu quanti facias,
scio quam cum istis vera sentire.]
